Values of natural and human-made wetlands: A meta-analysis

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Ghermandi, Andrea ^a,b   Van Den Bergh, Jeroen C J M ^c,d   Brander, Luke M ^e   De Groot, Henri L F ^e   Nunes, Paulo A L D ^a,b  

^a FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FLOOD CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE; NATURAL HABITAT; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; SUBSTITUTION EFFECT; WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS; WETLAND ECOSYSTEM; WETLAND VALUES;

WETLANDS;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CORRELATION; DATABASE; FLOOD CONTROL; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; META-ANALYSIS; NATURE RESERVE; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 78649954732     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009071     Document Type: Article

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